Portable case for honey, eggs, bread, and the like.



H. D. GRAVES.

PORTABLE CASE FOR HONEY, EGGS, BREAD, AND THE UKE.

APPLICATION FILED MAR. 23. l9l8.

Nov. 12, 1918.

Patented HENRY :o. onavns, or GRANT PARK, ILLINOI;

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, HENRY 'D. GRAvns,

a citizen of the United States, residing at Grant Park, in the county of Kankakee, State of Illinois, have invented a new and and useful Portable Case for Honey, Eggs, Bread, and the like; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description'of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to an improved ortable case for honey, eggs, bread and the like, and one of the objects of the invention is to provide a device of this kind, whereby honey, eggs, bread and the like may be more efficiently, conveniently and easily carried or transported.

A further object of the invention is to provide a case for receiving honey frames,

withoutbreakage. v

A further object of the invention isthe provision of a shipping case, so constructed that honey frames may be compactly inremovably, enabling them to be transported stalled therein, either through the front or through the top. 7

A further object of the inventionis the provision of a shipping case or box, which, after reachingits destinationwith the honey frames therein may beused as'a display case, it being theaim that the front of the case be lowered, to be used as a support for "the honey frame.

improved honey or shipping case showing i PORTABLE 'ensn non nann noes, BREAD, AND'THELIKE.

Specification of Letters Patent. Applioation'filcd March 23,1918. Serial no. 224,159."

iatehted Na. 12, 191 s.

the same constructed in accordance with the invention ,and the front and top closed.

F1g. 2 1S arvertlcal sectional view on line 2-2 of Fig. 1.

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Fig. 3' isa perspec'tiveview of the ship ping case or 'box showing the front section open and the top raised, so that the honey frames may be supported on said front section. r V

Referring more especially to the drawings 1 designates the body section of the honey case or box, which comprises the back piece 2, the bottom piece 3 and the side pieces 4. The back piece 2 is secured to the corresponding piece 4 and to the rear edge of the bottom piece 3. The lower portions of the side piece i are secured to'the endedges ofthe bottom piece, the forward portion of which projects beyond the forward edges of the side pieces 4:. The lower ends of the outer side faces of the side pieces 4 have transverse recesses '5 for the reception of themeta'llic' straps '6, which are secured to the side pieces 4 by the screws or the like 7. These metallic straps extehdfor wardly and are in parallelism with the end 7 edges of the bottom piece 3. 'Thefront section of the box or case comprises the front piece 8,; and the side pieces or rails '9. The front piece 8 is secured on thefront l edges of the side pieces 9. Thelower portions of the outer faces of the side pieces 9 and the lower parts of the edges of the front piece '8 have recesses 10, and the forward ends 'of'the metallic straps 6 engage the recesses 110 of the side pieces. In other words the lower ends of the side pieces 9 are reduced and are pivoted on the pins 11, "between the forward ends of the straps 6 and the end edges of the bottom piece 3, whereby tbe' front section of the case or boxmay' beeasily closed or thrown downwardly and forwardly. When the front section is closed the edges 12 and 13 of the side pieces 4 and 9 respectively engage. the front edge of the bottom piece is'rounded as shown at 14,'so as to permit the front piece f the front section to engage under The lower part" ofv angular recesses '15 and 16. A One faceof.

each recess 15 has secured thereto by the screws or the like 17 a Wear plate 18. Therear ends of the wear plates 18 terminate in rearwardly and. upwardly, extending ears- 19 having eyes 20. The top section 21 of the box or case has its end edges provided with wear plates 22, secured to the top section by means of screws or the like 23. The

rear ends of the wearplates 22 have extensions 24 provided with openings 25. The openings 20 and-25 may receive any suit-- able pivoting means, such as indicated at 26, whereby the top section is pivotally connected to the body section. To one wall of each of the recesses 16 wear plates 27 are secured. When the front section is, closed and the top section lowered, the top section fits into the recesses 16, whereby the Wear plates 22 mayengage the wear plates'27, the bottoms of the recesses 15 and 16 acting to support the top section, which is provided with a suitable finger engaging ring 28 whereby the top section may be opened. Pivoted in any suitable mannerat 29 to the end pieces a are hooks 30, to engage the headed pins 31 of the end pieces 9, to hold the front section closed. Secured at 32 to one of the end pieces land projecting above its upper edge is a plate 33, the projecting end of which has a slot 3%. A carrying strap 35 is provided, and one end of the strap carries a snap hook 36 to engage the slotted end of the plate 33. The other end of the strap 35 has a slot 37, to receive a stud 38 of. a plate 39, which issecuredin any suitable manner'to the other end piece 4:. The stud 38 carries a conventional form of turn button i0, which after passing through the slotv 37, may be turned transversely of the slot to prevent detachment of the carrying strap. The honey frames 41 may bearranged in the body section as shown in Figs. 2 and 3, in.tiers,.whereby the front section may be closed as shown in Fig. 2. The latches 30, are each in the form of a disk,

.which is pivoted at 29. Each disk latch has a cutaway portion 30* forming a notch 30, to engage the headed pin 31, the hook or overhanging part 30 acting to prevent the closure section from opening. Each disk latch has a handle 30 in order to be :grasped, so as to rock the disk latch to cause the notch to engage and dis-engage the headed pin. The openings 30? are provided in the disk latches, in order to lighten them. The improved portable case may carry suitable frames 30 instead of the honey frames. These frames 3O shown in dotted linesin Fig. 3 have compartments 30 for eggs.

The invention having been set forth what is claimed as new and useful is 1. In a transportinglioney frame case, a body sectionand a front. section, the body section comprising opposing end pieces, rear and bottom pieces, and a pivotally mounted top piece, the bottom piece projecting forwardly ofthe end pieces, the lower portions of the outer faces of the end pieces carrying forwardly extending metal straps beingin parallelism with the end edges of the bottom pieces, the -front section comprising a front piece and end pieces, the lower ends of which being. pivotally mounted between the metal straps and the end edges of the bottom piece, whereby the front section may be lowered so that-its front piece may engage under'the bottom piece to support the front section in a horizontal line with the bottom piece, and means for locking the body and front section and top piece together. v V

2. In a transporting honey-frame case,a body'section and a front section, the body section comprising end, back and bottom pieces, and a top piece pivoted on'the upper ends of the end pieces, the bottom piece extending forwardly of the edges" of the end pieces, said front section comprising end and front pieces, and means pivotally uniting the two sections, whereby the front tom :piece when opened, means'for latching the two sections together, the upper ends of the inner adjacent faces of the end pieces respectively of both sections having recesses for the'support of the top piece, and

, a carrying strap detachably connected to the end pieces of the body. section. V I

3.1,n a transporting honey frame case,

the combination witha body section, ofa

front section having end pieces, said body section having a bottom having'its front edge portion extended beyond I the front edges of the ends of the body'section', said 1 front section having the lower endsof its end pieces pivoted to the ends of'the extended part of said bottom, the front edge of the extension of the bottom beingcurved in cross section concentricwith the pivots of the front section,whereby the lower part of the front section mayswing'under and engage the lower face of the extension of the bottom and support the front section in a horizontal line with the bottom, means carried by the lower parts of the ends of the body section and being extended in parallelism with the ends of the extension of the bottom and receiving the ends of the pivots,

thereby reinforcing the pivots and the front In testimony whereof I have signed my section, and a top piece pivotally mounted name to this specification in the presence to the upper parts of the ends of the body of two subscribin Witnesses.

section and being countersunk between the NRY D. GRAVES. upper parts of the ends of the body and Witnesses:

front sections, and. latching means for the E. B. GRIFFIN,

two sections. J. R. HANLON.

copies of this patent may he obtained for five cents each, by addressing the "Commissioner of Patents, Washington, D. G. 

